League leaders Berekum Chelsea can boast of not ever been defeated at their backyard this season, but the Porcupine Warriors says they are ready to give them a good run for the three points when the two sides clash in a top liner match at the Golden City Park on Sunday.

The game promises to be cagey and uncompromising looking at the current form and shape of both teams.  

To the supporters of both sides, nothing is more important than the three maximum points at stake. A win for Chelsea would not only stretch their lead at the summit of the log sheet but would also boost their chances of dethroning Aduana Stars as league champions.

Nevertheless, if Coach Bodgan Korak and his boys are able to upstage the home side, they would be the first team to pull the breaks on Chelsea at their backyard in Berekum in the on going premiership and would also be improving their current position on the league table

Kotoko go into this game with two successive victories over Wa All Stars and Cape Coast Ebusua Dwarfs. After the spirited show in both games, Sunday’s game would certainly be another test of character for the new look Asante Kotoko side.

The Brong Ahafo lads have been a great force at their home grounds recording seven wins and a draw in eight matches. This means it will be a tough task for Kotoko to surmount the Chelsea hurdle and that will obviously require extra effort from the players who would have to “kill” themselves a little more, probably than what they put up in their 2-0 and 1-0 wins over All Stars and Dwarfs to secure victory.

Coach Korak also needs to device measures to hold the Chelsea attack marshaled by Emmanuel Clottey, the 2007 Top Scorer of the domestic league and scorer of last Wednesday’s winning goal against Liberty Professionals at the Carl Reindorf Park in Accra.

Clottey the Black Stars player who featured in the last AFCON qualifier and friendly encounter against Sudan and Saudi Arabia respectively has had a good partnership with Bismark Idan upfront.

The duo has scored most of Chelsea’s goals this season and would move mountains to add Kotoko to their list of victims if given the chance. Kotoko therefore have to be cautious and keep the tabs on the above named players.

It is quite difficult to predict the players who will make the starting line-up on Sunday going by the few changes Coach Korak made to his team against Dwarfs in midweek, but supporters of Asante Kotoko are confident that whoever gets the nod to don the Kotoko jersey would be up to the task.  

The Kotoko defence has been firm and resolute in the last couple of matches. There has been effective cooperation among the likes of Yaw Frimpong, Umar Gariba, Prince Anokye, Awal Mohammed, and Ohene Brenya at the back.

Michael Akuffo, Mohammed Sabato, Frank Boateng, Afranie Yeboah, Mohammed Sabato, Nii Adjei, Samed Oppong among others have also been sensational in midfield making it difficult of opposing teams to operate freely.

In form striker, Nathaniel Asamoah has also proven why he is the leading goal scorer with nine goals whiles goalie Isaac Amoako, has been at his usual best in the second round. This teamwork and cohesion among the players must propel Kotoko to higher heights on Sunday.

Fortunately for Kotoko, they have to their advantage midfielder Frank Boateng who just returned from a loan spell at Chelsea. With an insight into the Chelsea set-up, he will surely inspire the team to avenge the 2-3 defeat suffered in the first leg at the Baba Yara Stadium.

After helping Kotoko beat Dwarfs in midweek last Wednesday, he says he was under no pressure ahead of the impeding task.

“Everything is cool. I am under no pressure. I see the game as one of the normal games” he stated.

I is soccer bonanza at Berekum and Kotoko supporters located especially in and around he Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions have no excuse not to throng the stadium in their numbers to cheer the Porcupines to victory.